History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 777.
[Nicholas County] [Headquarters Precinct]
MARQUIS D. L. BURRIS, store keeper and gauger; P. O. Headquarters, was
born in Fleming County, Ky., Nov. 23, 1846, to Hiram and Elizabeth
(Biddle) Burris. He was born in Fleming County, May 3, 1799, and died
Nov. 13, 1854. His wife, Elizabeth, was also a native of Fleming County,
Ky., born Feb. 1, 1807, and died Nov. 18, 1864. The result of their
union was ten children. Marquis, our subject, was next to the youngest.
He was educated in the common schools of Nicholas County and entered upon a
clerkship in a store at Headquarters. Two years later he turned his
attention to farming. In 1869 he was appointed U. S. Gauger, and is now
serving the government as gauger and store-keeper. He was married in
Nicholas County, June 6, 1872, to Miss Elizabeth Brooks, who was born
in Nicholas County, Jan. 18, 1851. They have three children, viz: William
H., Harry E. and Robert B. Mrs. Burris was a daughter of Anderson and
Susan (Evans) Brooks. (See hist.) During the war Mr. Burris enlisted in
Co. A. of the 145th Illinois regiment, under Captain Chapman, but
remained in the service only five months. In connection with his wife
he is a member of the Methodist church at Headquarters. He has also been
a prominent member of the Masonic order at Headquarters for a number of
years. He is a very energetic and enterprising business man, and socially
ranks very high in the esteem of the community. In politics he is a
Republican.
Burris Biddle Brooks Evans
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Fleming-KY
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